Journey Early Learning Richmond in Richmond, Victoria | Nursery

Journey Early Learning Richmond

Locality: Richmond, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9426 6061

Address: 173 Lennox St 3121 Richmond, VIC, Australia

Website: https://journey.edu.au/centre/richmond

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25.01.2022 Our Toddlers did a great job by painting rainbow snakes inspired by rainy weather!

24.01.2022 We’re excited to kick off nutrition week with this easy recipe for healthy Mac ‘n’ Cheese cupcakes by our nutrition partner Wholesome Child. This week is all about focusing on supercharging our children’s meals with as much nutritional value as possible, and these are a brilliant way to get some sneaky veggies in, in a fun and child-approved way! Boosting children’s health and wellbeing through fresh, delicious and healthy meals is something we pride ourselves on at Journey, and we’re so excited to share some tips directly from our Paediatric Nutritionist, Mandy Sacher, with you this week. Stay tuned!

24.01.2022 Celebrating Graduation As a special treat for our Graduating Kinder’s, we took small groups of children out for a nice refreshing drink at our local cafe, where we sat outside and chatted about what the children were most excited for when they begin school next year. We are going to miss our Graduates very much and wish them all the happiness at their new schools.

23.01.2022 Eating fresh produce is important when trying to boost veggie intake, and enjoying fresh, seasonal produce is something we focus heavily on at Journey. Making fresh produce go the distance is so important to ensure you can get the most out of your weekly shop. Our Nutrition Week hack of the day is brought to you by Wholesome Child! We hope you find these tips on how to keep produce fresher for longer helpful. If you have more tips of your own, we’d love for you to share below!

23.01.2022 ‘Always was, always will be’ We celebrated NAIDOC week by reading one of the children’s beloved Indigenous stories The Echidna and the Shade Tree and then made their own echidna’s from Damper, bread traditionally made by Indigenous Australians. It was great to see all the children coming together to acknowledge the importance of Australia’s Indigenous culture and gain an understanding of diversity and respect for the Indigenous people and the land.

22.01.2022 For our final post of National Nutrition Week, we’re excited to share another Wholesome Child recipe with you. We’ve gone with an absolute crowd pleaser to finish the week off chicken nuggets! This chicken nugget recipe is gluten free, dairy free, nut free and can be altered to be egg free as well. It’s also easy to turn into a vegetarian recipe, but best of all, it’s packed with wholegrains, cauliflower and full of nutrition! Thank you for tuning into our National Nutrition Week posts. Have you enjoyed our handy hacks and wholesome recipes?! As always, please reach out to us if you have any questions regarding our Wholesome Child menu in the centre.

21.01.2022 Merry Christmas!!!

21.01.2022 Our babies had a great time playing hide and seek with the dinosaurs! Mr. L hid a dinosaur on the plant pot and looked to his peers with a smile. Mr. E seemed very curious and started looking for the dinosaurs in the plant pot. ... Mr. A was walking along the area and spotted some dinosaurs hiding under the table and shouted UH-OH!

21.01.2022 During our virtual class, we read the book I am Australian too. We then talked about how we all have different cultural backgrounds. The children were encouraged to tell us about their family members and together we did an activity where we drew our families! Check it out the beautiful master pieces they created.

20.01.2022 It's your final chance to register for our Wholesome Child Webinar this afternoon, beginning at 1:00pm. Click the following link to register if you haven't already: www.bit.ly/JELWebinarWC

20.01.2022 Digging for Gold! Our Kinders have been thoroughly enjoying their outdoor play this week! So much so, that the children set themselves an outdoor challenge; treasure hunting! They each assigned themselves a job within their game - someone would dig, someone would collect the excess sand and someone would collect the treasure they found! ... It was amazing to see the children working together as a team, building their social and communication skills and setting themselves personal goals and challenges!

20.01.2022 This week, we learned about primary colours and that creating a variety of new shades can be so much fun! The Kinder children focused well when mixing the paint and were excited about the beautiful colours they created!

19.01.2022 Through relationships with others, children begin to discover who they are and learn to understand others. Mrs E showed a great interest in helping Baby C with her milk bottle. Baby C seemed very happy and comfortable with her friend’s help!

19.01.2022 The Toddlers LOVED engaging in our dance and movement experience! They tried to balance feathers on top of their heads whilst putting their best moves on!

19.01.2022 Role modelling educators leads to new learning! Here’s a beautiful moment of one of our toddlers reading their favourite story to one of our babies. Early social interaction is particularly beneficial for children’s development of language skills, empathy and confidence. We love to see children of all ages bonding through education!

19.01.2022 Colourful Creativity! Our Toddler children practised their fine motor skills and visual awareness by manipulating small craft objects to fit inside their bottles. They learnt that through holding the bottle at different angles, and using pinch or pushing movements, they were able to fill their bottles with various different materials. After they were satisfied, they put the lids back on and had an amazing sensory bottle to shake and rattle!

19.01.2022 Story Time Outside! We celebrated Book Week by inviting the children to wear costumes and bring in a book from home. During free play outside, the Toddler and Kinder children asked if they could have a story together and so off we went on another adventure across the pages!

18.01.2022 With the warmer weather the Toddler room has moved to doing more of their activities outside again. On this day the children enjoyed learning about the preparation of play dough and the mixing of colours. This sensory experience allowed the children to explore their imaginations to create a mixture of different objects out of dough.

18.01.2022 The Kinder children have been showing an increasing interest in the bugs they can spot in our yard. To follow up with their interest, one educator prepared a snail hunt!! What a fun way to work as a team and learn more about bugs.

17.01.2022 Make believe play is SO much fun! Our babies enjoyed playing with the dinosaurs in our outdoor space. Miss 1 year old touched the dinosaur’s sharp teeth and said rooooar!

16.01.2022 Little green thumbs

16.01.2022 Our babies in the Nursery room enjoyed doing the number puzzle and learning how to count from 1 to 10!

14.01.2022 The Kinder children learnt about the importance of washing hands through a fun science experiment. They had bowl of water, black pepper and soap. The Kinder Teacher explained that the pepper symbolises the germs and how washing our hands with soap can get rid of the germs! They sprinkled the pepper into the bowl, covered their fingers in soap and dipped them into the bowl, watching the pepper scatter to the edges!... The Kinder children were amazed at this simple science demonstration that showed how using soap when washing hands made germs go away!

13.01.2022 Sustainable Painting! With the weather warming up, our Nursery children have been engaging in outdoor art, using recycled cardboard, water and brushes. They used the water to create dramatic art pieces that they then could appreciate whilst playing outside. Sustainable activities educate children to care for their environment and respect their natural world!

11.01.2022 Here's our first Nutrition Week handy hack! Switching to whole grains is the easiest way to make a positive nutritional impact to your children’s diets. This means swapping refined grain products for whole grain alternatives and is as simple as choosing brown rice over white rice, whole grain oats instead of processed oats, or wholemeal bread instead of white bread. Always read the nutrition label and look for the word whole in front of wheat or the grain. And watch out fo...r misleading labelling such as mixed grain. To find out more about how to read nutrition labels and make some simple swaps to boost your family’s nutrition, you can sign up to The Wholesome Child Academy for free, and go through Mandy’s complimentary Wholesome Shopping course. Click here to register: www.academy.wholesomechild.com/register/ Wholesome Child

11.01.2022 The Kinder children found a snail on our fairy garden! They wanted to give him some food and have a look at him, so they went on a nature hunt for twigs and dead leaves. After they were finished feeding him, they put him back somewhere safe in the garden

10.01.2022 On the last day of 5 Days of Christmas Treats Wholesome Child said to me here’s an easy Christmas decoration hack! Use Christmas cookie cutters to cut out cheese, fruits and veggies to create themed sandwiches, pizzas, crackers and more!

08.01.2022 To support the many Journey families in lockdown across Australia, we’re pleased to announce two upcoming family webinars . Please see below information for each webinar and registration links. Thursday, 20 August, 1:00pm: www.bit.ly/JELWebinarWC Thursday, 27 August, 1:00pm: www.bit.ly/JELWebinarQC

07.01.2022 Our Kinder children created a new home corner in their room and then added real life items on it. They were super excited with the new addition!

07.01.2022 Splish, splish, splash it’s time for a bath To make the most of the splendid sunshine, our Toddler children decided it would be a good idea to give their toy dinosaurs a refreshing bubble bath. They splashed about in the soapy water and gave the Dino’s a good scrub until they were squeaky clean! What an amazing sensory activity to enjoy with friends in the sun!

06.01.2022 Our virtual classes are happening every week to ensure that all children stay connected with their peers and educators! Thank you to all the families that have been joining us on a weekly basis!!

06.01.2022 To further extend the Kinder children's learning on primary colours, they experimented with marble balls and paints! The children were very impressed with the results from the little marble balls running side to side, while they mixed and traced beautiful new colours into the paper!

06.01.2022 Our children love spending time at the book corner! They selected their favourite books, flicked through the pages and shared their preferred pictures with their peers! How special it is to see the children cherishing their reading time.

06.01.2022 Our Centre Manager, Josi, treated the children to a musical experience outside, complete with song requests and guitar solos! The children were happy to sing along and clap to the music with their friends.

06.01.2022 Stacking Stones! The Kinders have been very engaged with our coloured stone activity. They chose which template they wanted to copy and began to assemble the stones. This activity tested the children’s visual skills and also helped them to revise colour matching as well as following patterns. What an amazing, creative activity!

05.01.2022 Hopscotch! Our Kinder children took part in setting up a hopscotch play area outside this week. Using chalk, the children mapped out the squares to jump inside and then wrote the numbers from 1-10 inside of the squares. They took turns to cross the hopscotch, calling out the numbers as they went. ... Who said that maths can’t be fun?

05.01.2022 We were all excited to join the Little Scientists Australia virtual incursion. The children were amused by all the sea creatures and their different characteristics!

05.01.2022 Book Week This week we celebrated book week! Through out the week, the children have been coming into care in costumes and bringing their favourite books from home! The creativity that families have shown with some of the costumes is amazing and the children have been so excited to show their friends and their teachers. We have also been reading a lot of stories every day and engaging in role play of the characters from the books. Here our some of our favourite moments from this week!

05.01.2022 Taking Turns to Ride the Truck! Push me please, called out one of our toddlers to their friend! They giggled as they zoomed around together and then it was time to switch spaces! We love to see children build respectful relationships with one another and learn about sharing through play!

04.01.2022 One of the Kinder children brought in a paper made sunscreen bottle that she made at home. This interested some of the other children and resulted in them making their own sunscreen creations! This activity started from the imagination of the children and prompted learning and discussions on the importance of sun safety. It also allowed for us to plan activities and learning that will further the children’s understanding and current knowledge on the subject.

03.01.2022 Sharing is caring! Our babies have been building strong connections to each other through sharing play spaces and resources. When a child new to the service joins their community, the children are happy to have more company and our babies are able to develop the confidence to explore new learning environments - with some new friends in tow!

03.01.2022 In the Nursery room the children enjoyed making soup jars as Christmas gifts. They put their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination to work manoeuvring the spoon to collect the beans from the different bowls. They then proceeded to fill their jars to create a colourful layered soup mix.

03.01.2022 Our Nursery team strive to create a nurturing and safe environment, where the children feel secure and confident to engage in various play throughout the day!

03.01.2022 Outside Adventures Our babies have been making the most of the improving weather by exploring their outdoor area! Some chose to use the time to admire the plants and have a chat, whilst others took the opportunity to practise their balance on the climbing frame. A couple of our little friends also wanted to create some make believe meals in the sandpit. ... What a lovely way to end the week!

02.01.2022 Today we celebrated Educator’s day with a delicious morning tea and special messages and drawings from our children ! Happy Educator’s day to all educators out there !! Your efforts are greatly appreciated!

02.01.2022 As soon as the sun came out, our Toddlers put their hats and sunscreen on and out they went to have heaps of fun in our outdoor area!

02.01.2022 Welcome back for our second handy hack of Nutrition Week! Cooking with children is a brilliant way to increase their willingness to try new foods. By turning cooking into fun sensory play with no pressure to try what is made, children often surprise you with their curiosity and enthusiasm to give new foods or textures a go. But we get it, it can be messy and so is often avoided! Paediatric Nutritionist and Founder of Wholesome Child Mandy Sacher, has the following advice, when cooking with kids at home, try prep ingredients in the sink to make the clean up a breeze! This is how I love cooking with my own children and it makes the mess no fuss at all. Another fun and easy strategy to encourage fussy eaters to try new foods is by using cookie cutters to turn things like cheese slices and sandwiches into their favourite shapes.